87. Mizmor - "Prosaic"

A one-man black metal project from Portland, created as a way of interrogating A.L.N’s relationship with God through art. Over four albums it has charted his detachment from his faith and his journey towards a much more secular understanding. 

“Prosaic” in many ways is the conclusion of his endeavours as it sees him face the world as a fully paid-up agnostic, finally freed from the throes of his infinite faith crisis. Rather than get a narrative-driven forensic examination of his current state of mind, we get a much more open examination of the state of the world in general. 

There are moments of righteous anger but in the main, this is an emotionally intelligent album that uses doom-laden black metal as a canvas on which to investigate the injustices that A.L.N sees in front of him. Insightful and thought-provoking.